Christopher Ward's C1 Bel Canto Lumière Lights Up Your Wrist

When the lights go down, the new C1 Bel Canto Lumière comes alive. A fusion of art, acoustics and luminescence, this remix of Christopher Ward’s GPHG award-winning chiming watch delivers a sci-fi experience that’s out of this world. And which places Globolight® – the luminous ceramic made famous by the C60 Trident Lumière – at the centre of everything.

 As with the original Bel Canto, the smoked sapphire dial floats above the platine, but here the circumference and handset are filled with Globolight® to deliver an intense neon-green glow for timekeeping after dark. At its base lies an all-new platine, printed with multiple layers of Super-LumiNova® arranged in a shimmering sunray pattern. The lower two sectors glow blue, while the upper area is a vivid green, which all return to blue in daylight. Even the on/off indicator joins in, switching from white to a luminous emerald when the lights go out.

 Luminescence extends beyond the dial with a new white strap infused with Super-LumiNova® delivering an all-wrist glow. The watch is also available on both Consort and Bader bracelets in Grade 2 titanium. In every other respect, this is the classic Bel Canto the world fell in love with. Which means a chime on the hour every hour courtesy of the iconic ‘songbird’ striking mechanism, a Grade 5 titanium case that amplifies the sound – and the power and precision of our ingenious FS01 movement.